Help us choose our high school Athletes of the Week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from Feb. 10-15.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then at mercurynews.com and eastbaytimes.com without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday. We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

GIRLS

Jazzy Alcantar, Encinal basketball: The senior forward scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Her Jets finished the season a perfect 10-0 in WACC-Foothill Division play.

Maggie Currie, Leigh soccer: The junior attacking midfielder showed why she is committed to reigning national champion North Carolina against Piedmont HIlls, scoring two goals and dribbling past multiple defenders on several occasions.

Almbria Gallon, Kennedy-Richmond basketball: The senior post scored an even 20 points in a TCAL Stone Division semifinal victory over Swett. Gallon ended the week averaging 12 points per game.

Reese Kelley, Terra Nova basketball: The sophomore filled up the box score in a 47-45 victory over Burlingame. She compiled 18 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals.

Emi Lo, Aragon soccer: The Don’s sophomore showed why she wears the No. 10, dishing out an assist and scoring a goal in Aragon’s 2-0 victory over Burlingame.

Ella Overhulse, Pioneer soccer: The offensive standout scored twice and even had time to dish out an assist in an easy 4-1 victory over BVAL Mt. Hamilton opponent Branham.

Kass Real, Sobrato soccer: The senior attacker scored twice in a 5-0 victory over Live Oak. The Bulldogs improved to 11-5-3.

Keira Tom, Dougherty Valley basketball: The junior guard scored a game-high 24 points and dished out four assists to lead Dougherty Valley past Monte Vista in the second round of the EBAL playoffs.

BOYS

David Balogun, De La Salle basketball: The senior forward scored a game-high 25 points as De La Salle routed Dougherty Valley and clinched the East Bay Athletic League title in a dominant 73-43 road victory.

Ryder Bush, Archbishop Riordan basketball: The senior guard scored 14 points and threw down three impressive dunks as top-ranked Archbishop Riordan routed Valley Christian 83-36 in San Jose.

Jay Easterday, Los Altos soccer: The senior’s first-half goal was all the scoring Los Altos would get – or needed – in a 1-0 victory over Palo Alto in a hard fought SCVAL De Anza Division matchup.

Josh Green, Bishop O’Dowd basketball: The senior guard had a night of his life against San Leandro, scoring a school-record 47 points – going 10 for 19 from 3-point distance – to break Naseem Gaskin’s old record.

Dom Hunt, MacDonald basketball: Hunt scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Condors to a 45-38 victory over Santa Clara. It was MacDonald’s first league win of the season.

Alan Macias, Hayward soccer: The junior midfielder banged in both goals of the Farmers’ 2-0 victory over crosstown opponent Mt. Eden. It was his first multi-goal game of the season, according to stats kept by MaxPreps.

Carlo Marinucci, Branham basketball: The senior wing scored 24 points and made a clutch and-one layup in Branham’s 63-61 victory over Santa Teresa. Marinucci ended the week averaging 10 points per game on the season.

Derrick Norfleet, Mt. Pleasant basketball: The freshman led Mt. Pleasant to a close 45-43 victory over Live Oak, scoring a game-high 18 points as the Cardinals improved to 9-13 in Blossom Valley-Santa Teresa East play.

Ernesto Ochoa, Andrew Hill basketball: The senior made 10 of 19 shots and scored a game-high 23 points while grabbing 17 rebounds in a Hill victory over San Jose.